Lady&#39;s hat-fastener.



WWW/5555s mm a H. GRAVILL.

LADYS HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1914.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPN C0,, WASHINGTON, D. c.

HAROLD GRAvnjL, or HULL, EN LAND.

LADY'S HAT-FASTENER.

" Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Application filed September as; i'ai i. Serial No. 863,570.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD GRAVILL, a subject of the King of England, residing at Hull, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ladies Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ladies hat fasteners and refers to an improved device of the class in question, which can be readily adjusted in position upon any hat, which is neat and elegant in appearance, which is so constructed that there is no liability of injuring the head when securing the hat in position and which can be easily and quickly manufactured.

The fastening device comprises one or more prongs or teeth bent or formed from loops of wire, such prongs or teeth being attached to an ornamental head or the like, with means attached to or in connection with the hat for retaining, guiding and holding the device in position. And in order that this invention may be better understood I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing accompanying this specification in which- Figure 1 shows a front view of one form of the fastening made according to my in vention, in position on a hat; Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but showing the fastening ready to be pushed into position; Fig. 3 shows a plan of the underside of a hat, illustrating various forms of the fastener; Fig. 4 is a plan illustrating the position of the fastener in the hair.

The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts in all the views.

The fastener comprises-one or more wire prongs a, each of the prongs being bent from wire in the shape of a narrow loop, having a blunt point I), thus dispensing with the sharp end which might hurt the head. The ends of the wire forming the loop a are attached in any suitable manner to an ornamental head c. It will be observed from the drawing that where several loops or prongs a are arranged side by side the device resembles and constitutes a comb with a number of teeth. The prongs as will be seen from Figs. 1, 2 and 4 are shaped so as to conform somewhat to the shape of the top of the head, and they may be so attached to the ornamental head c that the said head lies under the brim of the hat when the device is pushed in as shown at the left-hand side of Figs. 1 and 4, or against the hair so as to form a hair ornament as shown at the right hand side of Figs. 1 to 4..

The ends d of the prongs a which come first into contact with the head may be bent a little more sharply so as to insure the fastener obtaining a good grip upon the hair.

are buttons which may be spring or soca led press buttons, having a projecting head and a narrow neck. The wire forming each of the prongs 0 comes on either side of the neck and beneath the head f of the button, which thus constitutes a guide and retaining means for the fastener, allowing it to slide when pushed into position, but prevents it becoming entirely detached, owing to the narrowness of the loop and to the fact that it is closed at b.

g are bowed out portions formed in the wires of the prongs a in the neighborhood of the ornamental head 0, which portions are adapted when the device is pushed into the hair, to engage around the necks of the buttons in order to prevent the device slipping out of engagement.

It will of course be understood that although a device having three prongs is shown, one, two or any other number of prongs may be provided for each fastener according to requirements.

If desired the fastener can be completely removed from the hat to make way for another fastener by simply springing the wire prongs open to the width of the top of the buttons f, when the fastener is easily removed.

The shape of the fastener may be modified to suit the shape and style of the hat to which it is to be applied, and in general the minor details of the construction may be varied without departing from the principle of the invention.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of America is A device for fastening a hat in position comprising a prong constituted by a narrow loop of wire, bowed out portions in the said loop, a button attached to the hat and having a neck around which the narrow loop of wire forming the prong passes, so that the device is retained, guided and held in position by the button and so that the bowed In testimony whereof, I affix my signaout portions of the said 100p are adapted to ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

spring around the neck of the button When HAROLD GRAV ILL. the device is pushed in, with means for en- Witnesses:

abling the device to be engaged With the hair ALAN G. FISHER,

substantially as described. MARY DIXON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

